National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

Réalisateur:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers (WGA):

Marianne Wibberley (screenplay) &
Cormac Wibberley (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 décembre 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary.

Plot Keywords:

Fake Drunkenness | Jump From Bridge | Fishing | Internet | Mount Vernon

Awards:

2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Interesting...I liked It, but something feels missing...

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Ensemble

Nicolas Cage	...	Ben Gates
Justin Bartha	...	Riley Poole
Diane Kruger	...	Abigail Chase
Jon Voight	...	Patrick Gates
Helen Mirren	...	Prof. Emily Appleton
Ed Harris	...	Mitch Wilkinson
Harvey Keitel	...	Agent Sadusky
Bruce Greenwood	...	The President
Ty Burrell	...	Connor
Michael Maize	...	Daniel
Timothy V. Murphy	...	Seth
Alicia Coppola	...	FBI Agent Spellman
Albert Hall	...	Dr. Nichols
Armando Riesco	...	FBI Agent Hendricks
Joel Gretsch	...	Thomas Gates

Autre(s) titre(s) :

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (USA) (DVD box title)
Benjamin Gates et le livre des secrets (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Trésor national: Le livre des secrets (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some violence and action.

Durée:

124 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Classification:

Singapore:PG | Taiwan:PG-12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-11 | Australia:PG | Germany:12 | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:12 | Brazil:10 | South Africa:10M | South Africa:10V | Ireland:PG | Malaysia:U | Sweden:11 | Norway:11 | USA:PG (certificate #43985) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK

Company:

Kerner Optical

Anecdotes:

Director of photography Amir M. Mokri was replaced by John Schwartzman several months into shooting. This was reportedly due to "creative differences" between Mokri and director Jon Turteltaub.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the end of the movie when Riley Poole gets his Ferrari again, you can clearly hear him letting go of the clutch without having the car properly in gear. At the same time you can see that the car has F1 paddle-shifters on the steering wheel, which means that the car doesn't have a manual clutch, making the mis-shift sound impossible for this car.

Guillemet:

Ben Gates: [to the President] This symbol designates the secret tunnel that will lead us to the greatest treasure of all time.

Connexions De Film:

References "Sledge Hammer!" (1986)

Soundtrack:

I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts

Interesting...I liked It, but something feels missing...

First of all, National Treasure, the first one, is one of my favorite movie ever. I love history, specifically American history, and it had clever references and facts about American history that lead to finding the treasure in a way that is not predictable. That being said, I felt something was missing in National Treasure: Book of Secrets. It almost felt like the writers could not think of any new, clever clues for Nicolas Cage to solve or more suspense without action scenes.

First lets look at the positives. This movie was very well-done. The acting was as superb as the first (Nicolas Cage and Justin Bartha are amazing). It was very believable. Also the action scenes are excellent and full of invigorating suspense. The scene near the unexpected end where they had to balanced the steel block thing in the cave was terrific. All the action scenes were awesome: right out of an Indiana Jones movie. Another thing I liked was the ironic humor and sarcasm used by Nicolas Cage's character and other characters throughout the movie that gave it a light, fun feel. With interesting history references and a brilliant score by Trevor Rabin, what could be wrong with it?

You may not agree with me. But I felt that the ending, and a few other scenes were rushed. For example, they spent literally about five minutes in Paris both finding and figuring out the clue. After that they moved on to London, they spent about 15 minutes there, 5 of them were spent finding the clue. It all felt rushed which tended to confuse me. And the ending definitely did not satisfy me. It was too sudden and I felt it was incomplete, even though the movie was over two hours long.

As I think back to some of the scenes in the beginning and middle of the movie, I forget why I included "negatives" because it was so brilliant and I loved it as much as the first one. But then I remember the ending. it just didn't satisfy like the last movie did. I can't explain the nice feeling the first movie gave me: its what the perfect movie gives you I guess. Anyway, I would recommend this to anyone who has scene the first one and anyone who would like a good crime/action/adventure flick with excellent acting with lovable and believable characters. It's a great movie, it just didn't live up to my expectations or the original's